Liz Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1921-12-11Died 2016-12-24Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Betty Gleadle (December 11, 1921 – December 24, 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared (1975–1979), the sisters Bette and Belle in 2point4 Children (1991–1999), Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley (1994–1996) and Norma Speakman ("Nana") in The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006). She also played Zillah in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1984 film A Private Function.Read more

Movies & web series

Anthrakitis

An Evening with Lily Savage

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

El C.I.D.

Young Charlie Chaplin

Words of Love

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Lark Rise to Candleford

Takin' Over the Asylum

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Nona

Mr. Right

Bottom

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

The Sweeney

Jack Point

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Royle Family

The Duchess of Duke Street

Shooting Stars

Secrets & Lies

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

Crapston Villas

Ripping Yarns

A Christmas Carol

The Graham Norton Show

Lovejoy

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

2Point4 Children

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The Queen's Nose

The Vicar of Dibley

American Masters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

The Gentle Touch

A Good Thief

The Duellists

Wife of Bath

A Christmas Carol

Drowning in the Shallow End

So Graham Norton

I Didn't Know You Cared

Jake's Journey

When We Are Married

Last of the Summer Wine